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Monday, 2 March 2015

The People of the Scripture committed Error

Lesson # 640 From Holy Qur’aan

The People of the Scripture committed Error

‘Al-Maaa-‘idah (the
Table Spread) – Chapter – 5)–Stage
- 2

Verses
– 65 & 66 of 120, Section – 9 of 16 (Part - 6)

BisMIllaahir-Rahmaanir-Rahiim

In the name of Allaah,
the Beneficent, the Merciful

65.
If only the People of the Scripture would believe and ward off (evil),
surely We should remit their sins from them and surely We should bring them
into Gardens of Delight.

66.
If they had observed the Torah and the Gospel and that which was
revealed unto them from their Lord, they would surely have been nourished
from above them and from beneath their feet. Among them there are people who
are moderate. But many of them are of evil conduct.

Those people have been being mentioned from
very early, who opposed Islam in the beginning. At first, Arabian tribes of Makkah were against Islam who were idolaters
openly. After that, when the Jews and the Christians knew, they supported the
idolaters of Makkah also to suppress
Islam. This support was very useful for the idolaters, and the Muslims had to face
many difficulties due to them.

It
is known by meditating in that, which the history of those days produces, that
there was no any main reason of opposing Islam except that the people had
forgotten thinking about the advantages and comforts of others but for their
own worldly gains and ease. Everyone desired to keep entire wealth and power of
the world in his own depot. On the contrary, Islam wished to teach that worldly
wealth, power and property is useful for all the human beings. None is owner of
anything but Allaah Almighty and
entire humankind are His servants, so nobody can deprive others by taking
entire things in one’s own possession. The person, who will try to do so, is
enemy of Allaah Almighty.

It
can be understood by thinking a little that the human being needs many things
for living. It is clear that everyone has a right to get them. There can be two
ways for acquiring necessary things. Either everyone should think only for his
own purpose and do not care for others, as you can see in dogs, or the other
form is “the person, who obtains any important thing, should share it with
others” as it can be observed in the crows, but the cock is ahead than the crow
in this matter. Which extra quality in the cock than the crow can be seen, is
that, if it looks any eatable, calls the hens, feeds them, but doesn’t take
anything itself. However if the food is excessive, then it takes as per its
requirement. It has also been observed in the small ants that they use to
collect their food individually or collectively at one place. Then at the time
of necessity, each of them uses to take from their hoard according to one’s
need. And none of them says, “Take
less because you did not work hard,
and to the other, take
more because you worked hard”.
Islam is a standard-bearer of the
second observance.

Whether
the human being is a dead and gone than a small ant in this matter? He should
have so much sense that either he should let his weak and poor brother take
according to his necessity or give him personally, and should take himself as
per own requirement and do not violate.

But
the Jews and the Christians have adopted the first observance as explained
above in the example of small ants. They say, “All necessary things, required
by the human being should be in our possession. Power and strength, wealth and
property are our right. We should never let the poor and the feeble be powerful
before us, so that, keeping them our necessitous, we may affect our purpose as
much and as we wish by means of them.

The
second observance, which belongs to Islam, remains the best at the end; however
some difficulties may be borne in the beginning. Everything is going well in
the beginning too, but it results ease and happiness completely in future. These
true but harsh words have been described in these verses, because “The niggard who gives a quick refusal is better than the benevolent who
procrastinates”.

Allaah Almighty commands that if those, who say
themselves “the People of the Scripture” had believed and warded off evil, then
surely He would have remitted their sins from them, they might have
gotten opportunity of ease and comfort in the world, and He would have brought
them into Gardens of Delight on the Day of Resurrection. They would not have to
do more because they had already the Heavenly Scriptures. If they would have acted
upon them correctly then today, all of their matters were to be correct,
because it has been written in their Scriptures clearly and their Prophets and
Messengers (peace be upon Them) have caused to understand them that the Last
Messenger (grace, glory, blessings and peace be upon Him) will appear in the
Arab. You should follow and obey Him (grace, glory, blessings and peace be upon
Him).

It is correct that some people of
them are sensible and they acted upon their own Scripture and embraced Islam. But
maximum people of them are doing such deeds, which are injurious to the
humanity and foundation of their livelihood depends upon the first observance,
which wants to make the entire mankind selfish.

Transliterated
Holy Qur’an in Roman Script & Translated from
Arabic to English by Marmaduke Pickthall,
Published by Paak Company, 17-Urdu Bazar, Lahore, Lesson collected from Dars e Qur’an published By Idara Islaah wa Tableegh, Lahore (translated Urdu to
English by Muhammad Sharif)